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Oscars: ‘Conclave’, ‘Emilia Pérez’, ‘September 5’, Kidman, Jolie, Almódovar Among Movies & Stars Landing Big Awards Momentum From Fall Film Festivals
An overview wrap of the Oscar momentum coming out of the Fall Festival trifecta of Venice, Telluride, and Toronto - Which movies are the most buzzed?
Samuel L. Jackson could turn up in the Supporting Actor race 30 years after being nominated for Pulp Fiction, and Danielle Deadwyler, so great and overlooked in Till, deserves recognition here for her stunning lead performance in this fine cinematic adaptation with many members of the recent Broadway revival in its cast. Getting a more mixed response – love it or hate it – was the film adaptation of Colson Whitehead’s Nickel Boys for which RaMell Ross in his narrative feature directing debut uses an annoying visual gimmick focused on the POV of each character with conversations carried out in a one-sided way, a device that constantly took me out of the story, which is indeed a worthy one. Though well-acted, Bleecker Street’s TIFF debut and Oscar hopeful, Hard Truths, is minor Mike Leigh but certainly to be recommended if only for the acting, especially Marianne Jean-Baptiste, magnificent as a woman beaten down by the world and taking it out on everyone she encounters including her poor family.
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